For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:16&17

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Hello to you!

It is cold here this morning, in the low 20's F degrees.

Have a cup of coffee? So warming on these cold days. I'm on my second one already.

I got a call very early this morning that Mamafell in the bathroom at the nursing home but that she's okay, so I will be leaving shortly to go make sure she all right.

Weather reports are saying that we may get ice and/or snow tomorrow here but they not sure yet.

BearCountryGG on 01/16/2018:
Oh...I'm sorry to hear about your Mom's fall, I also hope she is ok.....bones get so fragile at that age and bathrooms are such dangerous places to fall......thinking of you and her today.

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

If ye love me, keep my commandments. John 14:15

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Hello, Friends.

I had a nice visit with my Mom who lives at the nursing home this morning and she is doing well, thank the Lord. She had spent 3 days drawing a pretty picture (her hobby) to give to me. I am so blessed.

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Hubby, who works outside will be home from work shortly. I cooked a big pot of chicken and rice after I got back home today and boiled some eggs to make egg salad for s/w's, too.

I've been good so far with no popcorn. However, last nite I got into mints and had a lot of them and a banana and even ice cream and this was after I had 'finished' eating for the day and had stopped at 1700 calories. My added calories were about 500. I've got to get control over this nite-time snacking. It really adds calories and is so unnecessary.

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Hope you are having a good day. Remember, every day with Jesus is a good day.

Love, Maria

Progress as of today: 49 lbs lost so far, only 8 lbs to go!

BearCountryGG on 01/15/2018:
I don't know why but the evening snacking took over here for a few days too....I'm over it now thankfully...and that is a relief....your chicken and rice sounds so good...my grandma used to make that...and her house smelled so good. Have a nice evening.

horn_of_plenty on 01/15/2018:
Are you hungry when you snack At night ?

graindart on 01/16/2018:
My late night snacking is my main problem right now. It tends to start as soon as dinner is over. I'm not usually hungry at all. Last night I was actually feeling uncomfortably stuffed after dinner. But as soon as dinner was over I started obsessing over sugar-free Jello and popcorn. I ended up eating 4 or 5 cups of the Jello and 1 bag of the popcorn. It only added 125 calories to the day and was still within budget, but I was eating it on an already full tummy which made me even more uncomfortable by bedtime. I suppose the immediate answer for me would be to just get rid of the Jello and popcorn, but I'd just find something else to replace it with. Right now I'm just making sure my nightly snacking doesn't cause me to go over my daily calorie budget. If it starts getting close to my limit, I'll have to make a conscious change.

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:16&17

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Hello to you!

Finally got 'unstuck' from being stuck at Popcorn Island...I was there for days....

So, I am taking a little break here at home and gonna refigure out this getting to goal.

Got so wrapped up in popcorn that I lost my momentum... But I'm 'good to go' for now...

Thanks for all your comments/suggestions to my last post...They are all very apprectiated and I thought about each one. They were all real good suggestions. I did buy some microwave popcorn to have for a back up plan so I don't go back to popcorn popped in a pot with a lot of oil, but my plan for now is 'Just Say No'...to popcorn...When I simply get back to where I was a few days ago, I'll be glad.

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:16&17

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Hello to you.

I have currently arrived at a POPCORN ISLAND and when I tried to row away, I got STUCK!There's nothing to eat here but POPCORN! Wouldn't be so bad but it is the high-fat kind! WHY does it TASTE SO GOOD???

Donkey on 01/11/2018:
Keep trying! Oh how tempting, though... I thought BearCountry had a good perspective on this. Hugs!

graindart on 01/11/2018:
I've been surfing an ocean of popcorn for the past few weeks. I seem to go in cycles on my go-to choice of snack. Usually the cycle only lasts 2 or 3 weeks, but I think the popcorn might be here to stay for a longer period of time. I've been eating 2 or 3 of the microwavable 100 calorie packs each day. And I've been sprinkling some no/low calorie fake popcorn seasonings on them to mix things up. The seasonings are high in salt content and that's what I've been craving lately. On an ideal diet, I'd probably replace my popcorn with something else. However it's a whole lot healthier of an option than the amount of chips / candy / pop / etc that I used to eat on a daily basis. I think I'm going to go pop myself a bag now.....

happy-1 on 01/12/2018:
Do you know more people break teeth eating popcorn than any other food? Keeps me out of it at the movies.

horn_of_plenty on 01/13/2018:
That high fat popcorn tastes great indeed !

I am a big fan of the microwaveable SINGLE serve in butter flavor bc it's good and tasty - Orville redenbachers or however it's spelled is very tasty and doesn't taste fake - I don't buy brands like pop secret or smart pop ... but the Orville's single serve I still like only 200 cal per serving and then the only way to have more isnyou have to pop another bag which I don't find very convenient .....meaning I don't usually go to pop another bag ever ...and usualy I make the popcorn as my carbs like an addition to a meal so the one serving bag is more than enough !

Personally I love popcorn too!

horn_of_plenty on 01/13/2018:
lol to happy's comment. I do always start to eat the leftover popcorn Kernels I'm always so tempted to eat them !

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:16&17

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Good morning to you!

The snow is melting over here but we've still got some on the ground and I am glad the snow is melting, but we still got ice, too so we have to be very careful when going outside.

Very cold temps continue and we were at about 10 degrees fahrenheit this morning.

Loving this coffee ...Very warming...

Scale still saying 152 today...guess I'll sit at that number a while. Still not pushing it but I am being 'mindful' of how many calories per day I have and try not to go over 1700 calories per day...

BearCountryGG on 01/07/2018:
Maintaining is always a good thing...your body likes it there!

horn_of_plenty on 01/08/2018:
1700 is a great range ! Yeah in this cold weather I agree it's safer not to push things and trying to be mindful seems the better approach for sure. I'm doing the same ;) enjoy your day! It's cold here too similar to your temps but finally warming up to around 30 today which will be MUCH BETTER.

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:16&17

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Good morning to you! Another very cold day but it is January.

We've still got snow and ice on the ground but nowhere near as much.

Good ole' coffee going on over here...Very warming on these cold mornings...

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. For God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through him might be saved. John 3:16&17

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Good morning to you! It is a very cold morning here in SC. 8 degrees fahrenheit, with wind chill -2. This is the coldest it has been in a very, very long time here.

We've still got snow and ice on the ground from day before yesterday but I am hoping to get out today and go check on Mama at the nursing home and do some other things as well.

Enjoying my coffee for now...

Still holding on to 153... Not in a mood to 'push' it for now... Happy I am where I am for the time being. Just focusing on not getting any higher.

For God so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in Him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16

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Happy winter morning to you....

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Hope you are staying warm on this very cold day. In SC this morning, around 7:30 a.m. est, it is 20 degrees fahrenheit and wind chill 12 and we are expecting SNOW here today...(altho not much)...

Having a nice, warm mug of coffee...Have one with me? I have mine setting beside me on a warmer to keep it very warm to drink.

I am holding steady at 153. So many temptations to avoid, especially at nite when I love to snack. But I've been careful and most of all, PRAYING, which has helped a lot.

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Hope you all here at DD and readers who may not be posting but are reading, are having a blessed day.